Index attachment for filing-cases.



'E-ATENTED DEC, 1, 1903.

FILING ms APPLIOATION FILED HA3. 14, 1902.

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P H. YAWMAN. INDEX ATTACHMENT FOR FILING GASES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 14, 1902.

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Piliill H. YAEVMAN; OF ROCHESTER,

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CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION ionmng part of Letters ZPatent Eric. 745,982, dated December 1, 1903- I Application filed March 1 1902. Serial No. 98,149. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, PHILIP Ii. YAWMAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and'State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Index Attachments for Fili11g-ases; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the referencenurnerals marked thereon. My present invention relates to filing-cases such as are employed for filing letters, bills, or similar papers; and it has for its object to 15 provide a file embodying means for securinga number of indexed leaves whereby they may be readily applied to or reinoved'from a filingcase and also permitted a self-adjustment to accommodate a number of papers or docu- 2o ments inserted between any two leaves.

To these and other ends the invention con sists in certain improvements hereinafter fully described, and the novel features being pointed-out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filing-cabinet containing a series of drawers and showing one of the latter partly withdrawn and provided with a file constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the file and case. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder, showing one of the index-leaves detached therefrom. Fig. 4 is a plan view of 5 the blank from which the holder is constructed, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line a a of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals in figures indicate similar parts.

The file may be applied in various forms to adapt it to any particular case, and in the drawings! have illustrated it in connection with a slide or drawer, a plurality of which are frequently arranged in a cabinet, as shown A5 in Fig. 1. The drawer embodies a base or slide 1, supporting the forward and rear end portions 2 and 3, between which and at one side of the base is the wall 4, forming at once the side of the drawer and the back or support for the file.

the several The filing device embodies a series of leaves (indicated by 5) the edges of which may be stepped and provided with index letters or characters in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1. At their inner edges the separate leaves are provided with attaching members formed by small rods 6, secured by bindingstrips 7, and the projecting ends of the rods are ,retained by and vertically movable in ways or guides 10 on a holder 11, to be fur- 6o ther described. The holder in which the inden-leaves are mounted is preferably formed of a single blank of material (shown in Fig.

5) and consists of a back plate 12, and near the ends thereof are the ways 10, before referred to, which are formed by the portions 13, having the offset inner end adapted to extend over the ends of the rods. as shown. The ends 15 of the plate 12 and the outer edges of'the way-plates are bent rearwardly at a slight angle to form attaching members, and the holder is secured to the filing-case by inserting said ends or members in corrcsponding slots or saw-kerfs provided in the inner side of the wall 4 and extending at an angle other than a right angle, as shown particularly in Fig. 6, this arrai'igement preventing their outward movement toward the open side of the drawer and also their movement toward the ends. It will of course be understood that the holder might be secured in position by screws or other fastening devices; but the present arrangement is simple, as the slots may be easily formed, and by removably attaching the holder the whole file may be removed with its contents and placed in another filing-case. The advantage'of this feature will be appreciated from the factthat it permits the filing drawers or cases arranged in a cabinet to be used as temporary files for containing 0 current papers, and when desired they may be removed from the case bodily with the file and a new holder and index-leaves applied. The upper edge of the back 12 is curved forwardly to provide the rounded edge 17, which 5 may be conveniently grasped by the operators fingers when removing the holder, and

as it extends over the portions 13 it also serves to secure the latter at their upper ends. At the opposite ends of the portions 13 are pro vid ed ears 16, which are bent rearwardly and the rear of the plate 12 to secure'the lower ends of said portions and also close the ways and prevent the removal of the rods 6. Vhile I have described the ways as being formed upon the back plate 12, it will be understood that the latter plate might be omitted and the way-plates secured separately to the walls or support.

Suitable means may be employed for compressing the papers and holding them compactly and which is also capable of being moved to one side out of the way to afford free access to the file, and in the present instance I have shown such a holder as is illustrated in a prior application filed by me June 3, 1901, Serial No. (52,865. Briefiy,this holder embodies a. spring-operated clamping member 20,having the ends journaled in plates 21, arranged at the upper side of the end portions 2 and 3 and in proximity to the wall at, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the clamping member may be revolved to one side to permit free access to the contents of the file. v

Files constructed in accordance with my invention consist of few parts which may be easily assembled, and the leaves when applied to the holder constitute a filing device which may be readily applied to a case.

The arrangement of the guides and the separate connection of each index-leaf with the holder permits all of the leaves to move vertically and retain their normal parallel position irrespective of the number or quantity of papers inserted between any two leaves.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination witha case having the wall provided with the slots extending rearwardly from its face and at an angle thereto, and an index-holder embodying the back v wall provided with va'asaa plate arranged upon the inner face of the wall having the end portions extending at an angle and engaging the slots in the wall, and 1 on the face of the I and engaging the plates forming ways back plate, of index leaves, devices secured to the latter having the ends lying between the two plates.

2. The combination with a case having the wall provided with slots arranged at an angle to its face, and afile attachment embodying a back plate, the ends of the back plate and having the rearwardly-extending portions adapted to engage in said slots, the rods having the ends lying in the ways, and separate index-leaves secured to the rods. i

3. The combination with a case having the plate provided with guides, of rods engaged in'the guides, and leaves attached to the rods, rearwardly-extending attaching members on the holder adapted to lie in the slots, and the rim 0n the holder whereby the latter may be moved longitudinally of the slots and disconnected from the wall. c

In a file, the combination with a holder composed of a single piece of material forming a back plate having the ends extending over the plate forming ways or guides thereon and having the ears at the lower ends engaging the back plate, the plate extending over the ways and securing the ends, of a plurality of leaves, and attaching members on the leaves operating in the ways.

PHILIP H. YAWMAN. Vitnesses:

G. WILLARD RIcH, ELIZABETH J. Pnnnv.

plates thereon forming ways at slots arranged at an angle f to its face, and a holder embodying a back I v a rim on the opposite edge of 

